Moment tablet dead after 2 years - earthing flaw?

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Suddenly my Moment tablet has a non-responsive flickering screen only after 2 years of use. Told it needs replacing and a very common problem. Astounded at the rate of failure. Most unreliable electronics I’ve ever bought.

Is the premature death of this related to the lack of earthing on the Moment?

B&O have released an earthing kit for this terrible product:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bang-Olufsen-B-O-BeoSound-Moment-Mains-Grounding-Kit-Cable-UK-3P-Plug-BN-/154592011805?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Oh dear, sorry about that

Not sure I’d spend too much getting it sorted, unless you really like it when it works

Selling mine 18 months ago was a very happy day in my case

Good luck!

Sandyb wrote:
unless you really like it when it works
B&o should do one thing: make the basic settings available (http) so the unit can still be setup (and used) if the tablet fails definitely. 

seethroughyou wrote:
B&O have released an earthing kit for this terrible product:
Note: this is the official mains of a Moment. I never used the cable because my Moment is always been LAN connected.

So for 6 years now it works without earthing kit. But the tablet is not used a lot anymore as the Moment is nowadays mostly used in a Core-like way.

Carolpa wrote:

B&o should do one thing: make the basic settings available (http) so the unit can still be setup (and used) if the tablet fails definitely.

Note: this is the official mains of a Moment. I never used the cable because my Moment is always been LAN connected.

So for 6 years now it works without earthing kit. But the tablet is not used a lot anymore as the Moment is nowadays mostly used in a Core-like way.

Forgive my electrical ignorance. So if it’s connected to your network with a LAN cable, then an earthing is present and no earthing kit is required? Does this mean the tablet dying can’t be blamed on lack of earthing but simply poor quality of the unit leading you premature death…

seethroughyou wrote:
So if it’s connected to your network with a LAN cable, then an earthing is present and no earthing kit is required?
I prefer to connect if possible my devices by cable to my network. Thus the provided mains was not usable for my setup.

So have I been lucky or has the "LAN earthing" in my case been sufficient that's the question. I do not have sufficient info and knowledge about the complete unit to answer this question though.

maybe others can shed some light on the issue.

 

By the way, you have done a manually reset of the tablet already?

Bought the moment the day it was made available in Greece, I think 4 maybe 5 years ago. Since then the screen has died on me twice. Don't think that is an issue with grounding. My humble opinion is that it is badly designed. I agree with Carolpa (as usual😕) that Bang&Olufsen must consider very seriously to "open" the software not just for making it possible to use the moment tabletless but maybe to be able to run the Bang&Olufsen app or even better the Beoliving app but this is a totally different discussion.

I actually love the BS moment. I have 2 devices. I have a BS moment in Mallorca. I took the tablet off and put it in the closet. When I came back after 1 year the screen stayed dark. I had the battery changed and I was told that it was the mainboard. It was sent to Denmark and repaired (approx. € 700.00) with a battery change. Now it's still in the workshop in Palma. I'll pick it up the next time I visit.

Iceman10245 wrote:

I actually love the BS moment. I have 2 devices. I have a BS moment in Mallorca. I took the tablet off and put it in the closet. When I came back after 1 year the screen stayed dark. I had the battery changed and I was told that it was the mainboard. It was sent to Denmark and repaired (approx. € 700.00) with a battery change. Now it's still in the workshop in Palma. I'll pick it up the next time I visit.

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Let me get this correct; your tablet died doing nothing, switched off, in warm dry closest after a year? That is the most unusual thing I’ve ever heard. Electronics is not stressed when it’s switched off and lying idle. That is concerning.

it is exactly like that. It was in the closet, without electricity. Well, we sometimes have very high humidity on Mallorca. But I have a different assumption. I believe mistakes were made when changing the battery. Of course I can't prove that. Why was the system sent to Denmark and repaired there ?! I suspect the workshop was overwhelmed with the device on Mallorca.

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